Razor blade with integral guard



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RAZOR BLADE WITH INTEGRAL GUARD Filed Aug. 24, 1944 IN VEN TOR.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE RAZOR. BLADE wrrn INTEGRALQGUARD Oscar H. Crowell, Russellville, Ala. Application August 24, 1944, Serial No. 550,978 2' Claims. (01. 30-47) My present inventionrin its broad aspect, has to do with improvements in safety razors, where- 'in the blade body is cylindrical in cross-section and split longitudinally to provide a slot, one edge wall of which is sharpened and constitutes the cutting edge, and the other and opposed edge of which is beveled and constitutes the guard edge, the blade being notched to be engaged by a simple bent metal handle for operation.

Some of the advantages of my improved blade and handle are: (1) it is formed of but two parts and can be manufactured and sold at a relatively small price; (2) it is readily cleaned and will not clog; (3) there are no separate blades to be replaced and no parts which require putting together and taking apart for cleaning. and (4) the handle part is simple in construction and may be easily detached from the blade for packing and the like.

Other and equally important objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description taken in. connection with the accompanying drawing, but changes may be made in size, shape, form, construction and arrangement of parts provided same fall within my broad inventive concept and what is claimed.

In the drawing, wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of my invention:

Figure 1 is a front elevation looking toward the cutting edge; 1

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a perspective viewof the blade per se, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the handle per se.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views:

The numeral I designates the blade and 2 the handle.

The blade I is cylindrical in is split to form a longitudinal slot 3 one edge 4 of cross section and Y which is sharpened to provide a cutting edge, and

the other edge I of which is beveled as at] in the same general direction as the bevel of the cutting edgeto provide a guard.

At each end of the blade are two diametrically opposed notches l in which are received the parallel clamping arms 8 of the one-piece handle 2. The end of each arm is turned over at right angles to provide a finger 9 and the portions l0 8 of the handle leadingfrom the opposite end of each arm are obliquely bent toward each other and then bent in parallelism as at H to form a grip. Opposed parts of the handle forming the grip are formed with curved Offsets l2 adjacent portions Ill.

The handle is applied to the blade by simply placing the arms 8 in the notches I of the blade I in which case'the opposed fingers 9 over-lie the blade and prevent displacement. The material of the handle has inherent resiliency to improve the connection between the handle and blade.

The blade is simply drawn through the beard by the handle at the proper angle to give an effective shave and there is no clogging, and the safety razor may be readily cleaned and kept in proper condition.

While I have described a specific form of my invention in the foregoing for purposes of illustration, it is to be understood that interpretation of my invention is to be made only in the light of the subjoined claims;

I claim: l. A safety razor, comprising a portion split to provide adjacent parallel edges, one of which is sharpened to provide a cutting edge, said body being notched, and a one piece handle having arms engaging in the notches.

blade thereto.

OSCAR. H. CROWEIL.

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